Blame the lawyers. There is so much risk of lawsuit these days it’s better to just scrap perfectly reasonable project cars than try and fix them. Let’s not forget the same thing happened to a shipment of Mazdas on the infamous Cougar Ace about a decade ago.
IMO this is why mfrs are calling some sedans coupes.
Why are you surprised? Jalopnik has been bashing Tesla for the last 10+ years now. Do a search for the words Jalopnik, Tesla, and Vaporware and you’ll see what I mean.
All the details that were clearly influenced by Tesla, besides it being an EV of course.
It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand.
Unlike other vintage Beetle (and Bus, and Porsche 356, etc.) conversions we’ve seen before from companies like Zelectric...
CPO A6 2.0T, E300 4Matic, 528i xDrive, S90 Volvo, etc. Midsize luxury sedans have huge depreciation, are way more reliable than they used to be, and blend right into the jet set crowd.
Let’s be honest, by the time they come out with this thing (if that happens at all) it’s going to be an uncompetitive me-too EV that looks like a shoe. Then they’ll fail....or they can just call it quits now and save investors a lot of grief.
This raises an excellent point, without a dead man’s switch it’s only a matter of time before someone puts their car on autopilot, dies or becomes incapacitated due to medical reasons, and gets driven dozens of miles before crashing or, best case scenario, stopping in the middle of the road when the car runs out of…
Default position right now is rav4 (for radar cruise, lane assist) or whatever is interesting like Wrangler.
I find rental car lots to be a great measuring stick for how a manufacturer is doing. Note I rent almost every other week for work using National. The more I see a certain model on the lot, the worse I know it’s selling on the private market and lately I’ve seen a lot of Wranglers pop up on the lots. Great for me as I…
Yeah worth a read as the whole Lyft/Uber thing hangs on that case.
What’s funny is the Dynamex Decision (pronounced dynamics not dina-mex) was from a company that also took advantage of a practice that was historically used in moderation. Essentially they took all of their employee drivers and switched them to contractors with nothing changing except a reduction in pay and benefits.…
It’s almost as if manufacturers use test mules for marketing purposes.
I would argue ‘Ring times don’t matter anymore. If Porsche launched the Taycan with zero ‘Ring times mentioned, they’d still sell just as many.
Not a Tesla owner here but have to ask an ovbious question..do you really think the average Tesla buyer gives two shits about Nurburgring times?
It’s to stress test components, not make a super lap time.
Is it not obvious?
